Wednesday, October 04, 2006

swissinfo - Christoph Blocher is visiting Turkey, which adopted the Swiss civil code 80 years ago

"Turkey marks 80 years of Swiss civil codeAdd story to my swissinfo panel

Swiss Justice Minister Christoph Blocher has spoken of his pride that Turkey adopted Switzerland's civil code 80 years ago - in a speech at Ankara University.

Ahead of the visit, swissinfo spoke to historian and Turkey expert Hans-Lukas Kieser about how the Islamic sense of justice and European legislation came together.

Blocher's trip to Turkey comes at a time of strained relations between the two countries.
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